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Hazel Johnson, the mother of environmental justice, was Catholic

Hazel Johnson (1935-2011) is considered by many to be the mother of environmental justice. For more than 30 years, she pressed local officials and corporations to clean up toxic waste and pollution in her southeast Chicago community of Altgeld Gardens. (Courtesy of People for Community Recovery) She was a community activist. She was an ambassador of Altgeld Gardens. She was an early mentor to Barack Obama. She was a thorn in the side of the Chicago waste industry. She was a wife and mother of seven children. She is the mother of the environmental justice movement. For more than 30 years, Hazel Johnson worked to clean up her corner of Chicago s southeast side. Her relentless advocacy made her a fixture in local news, and her story has been told in profiles and books and kept alive among her peers in the struggle for environmental justice. But one aspect of her life that s been less explored is her faith.

Six Nations community members and front line workers can preregister for COVID-19 vaccine soon

Writer SIX NATIOSN OF THE GRAND RIVER-Six Nations front line heath care workers, emergency service workers and high risk community members can preregister for a COVID-19 vaccine soon as part of the community’s vaccine rollout plan. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) approved a vaccine matrix for the community with four phases for the vaccine rollout at a special council meeting on February, 19. Zach  Miller Administrative Director at Six Nations Family Health Team at Six Nations Health Services said the matrix was created very organically and leaves room for people to move into different segments due to their own personal medical conditions, but the most important thing for the community to take away from the discussion is that people, vaccinated or not, must still adhere to public health guidelines including, continuing to social distance and wear a mask.

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breath, lung disease, tes tech you cue lar cancer. i wonder if trump had thoughts about asbestos. a lot of people could say if the world trade center had business, it wouldn t have melted. and mercury can make you more regular. if it s chemicals related to air pollution, you can get cancers. respiratory issues, hundreds of other conditions. fact is, kids, whether you live in raurl, rural, suburban america manmade disasters are becoming more common it s not surprising in america native people, black people, latino people and other people of color tend to get it to the worst. while you can basically go anywhere in america and find toxic haven ts this week i m headed to philadelphia and chester pennsylvania, neighboring cities with two different version of the same story. while most of us have i don t know been thinking about these issues since flint, many people have been working ob these movements for years, like hazel

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